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Old 06-21-2009, 09:59 PM   #1
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Talking Cbell quoted in Melbourne newspaper
Interesting article appeared in the local paper over the weekend (The Age, Melbourne Australia) http://www.theage.com.au/news/entert...918231827.html

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But when will the e-book revolution hit Australia? For many individuals, it is already here.

Melburnian Christine Bell is working in the midst of it. The manager of the technical helpdesk at Mitcham's Central Book Services, which supplies the readers that Dymocks and Reader's Feast sell, she says there are two groups of e-reader buyers. Twentysomething students love them. And so do 50-somethings, who have the time to read and explore the new world of digital reading — and the money to buy one of the five different e-readers that her company supplies, at prices ranging from AUD$569 to AUD$1600.

Herself a keen e-book reader, Bell owns a $569 Hanlin V3, containing free out-of-copyright classics from Gutenberg.com, along with Matthew Reilly's Seven Ancient Wonders, which she bought from the Dymocks-Pan Macmillan site. A regular on the internet e-book forum mobileread.com, she also organised a meeting of 14 e-book buffs in a CBD cafe last weekend. All brought their different e-readers, including one Kindle.

"One woman came from Sydney for it," she says.
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Old 06-21-2009, 10:53 PM   #2
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excellent article ! thanks for reporting it.

just one thing, your link is broken ! can you remove the second "http://" please ?
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Old 06-21-2009, 11:11 PM   #3
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Done and thanks for spotting that.
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Old 06-22-2009, 02:48 AM   #4
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Nigel - and well done Christine!
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Oh, there I am! Felllow MR member charlieperry is also quoted. Our Laine gets a mention, too, but not by name.

Thanks, nigeldb! Well spotted. The reporter, Liz, found Mobileread when searching for ebook reader information, read about our Melbourne meetup, then contacted me for the interview and photo.
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Damn I wish I was in Melbourne for that meeting, would have been great to meet some other ebook fans! I travel home to Australia quite often.
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